note 74131 modified in install.windows by danbrown

Another Tips: 1. I've tried many ways installing PHP on IIS5.1 (WinXP) Many resources on the internet recommended to use a zip package, but the fact is it doesn't work.(geeez) It is a lot easier to go for the MSI installer and be sure to check those IIS functions and other extensions in the installer wizard. 2. If you got an ERROR404 on any Virtual Directory on IIS5/IIS6, but html files are displayed correctly, just edit php.ini and empty doc_root 3. If the sourcecode of php file is printed instead of the compiled one, just change all short tags <? /* Like this. */ ?> to full tags <?php /* Like this. */ ?> 4. If you want to connect to mssql server on IIS platform, you HAVE TO add this in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\M*icrosoft\ MSSQLServer\Client\ConnectTo]DSQUERY=DBNETLIB It is amazing that everybody MUST follow these rules above, but I didn't see any of them appeared on php official site nor top google rankings. cheers. --was-- Another Tips: 1. I've tried many ways installing PHP on IIS5.1 (WinXP) Many resources on the internet recommended to use a zip package, but the fact is it doesn't work.(geeez) It is a lot easier to go for the MSI installer and be sure to check those IIS functions and other extensions in the installer wizard. 2. If you got an ERROR404 on any Virtual Directory on IIS5/IIS6, but html files are displayed correctly, just edit php.ini and empty doc_root 3. If the sourcecode of php file is printed instead of the compiled one, just change all short tag <? to full tag <?php 4. If you want to connect to mssql server on IIS platform, you HAVE TO add this in the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\M*icrosoft\ MSSQLServer\Client\ConnectTo]DSQUERY=DBNETLIB It is amazing that everybody MUST follow these rules above, but I didn't see any of them appeared on php official site nor top google rankings. cheers. http://php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php